This has been troubling me: all of the cheering and celebrating; the reporters licking their lips over the 'double tap;' the glee.

A human life was necessarily taken (actually--more than one, but no details as yet) and it was a significant killing, but I would rather not see this level of in-your-face reaction. I hope not to see the tragedy extended.

I agree that he was not going to allow himself to be taken alive. It was evident, by using his wife as a human shield, that he was not going to allow her to be taken alive either.

Assassination!? Not in my way of thinking, no more than the 3000+ men, women and children he was responsible for killing in New York on 9/11. Was that assassination or was it his way of thanking us for helping when they were in war with Russia?

Stop and think of the other deaths he was responsible for, all over the world. Were those assassinations or just a friendly reminder that evil still existed in this world.

Osama bin Laden and his henchmen have brought untold suffering to the American people, and without doubt, the culprits deserve the most severe punishment. However, I would have preferred an approach which is more appropriate to a civilized world but maybe a looming danger or the need for self-defense have made that strike necessary.

“Orange Crate Art” is a song by Van Dyke Parks and the title of a 1995 album by Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson. “Orange Crate Art” is for me one of the great American songs: “Orange crate art was a place to start.”

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